Mop with wringer



Mam 8? E932. H. HERTzBr-:RG

MOP WITH WRINGER Filed March 17, 1930 IN ENTO /l TTORNEY Patented Mar. 8, r1932 srATEs PATENT, orFieE.

Inc., or NEW YORK, N. Y., A. CORPORATION or NEW YORK MOP WITH WniNGEn Application led March 17, 1930. Serial No.,436,462.

rl`his invention relates to niops which are provided with means for wringing water from the mop cloth or other mop material, and particularly to that type of such inops '5,' in which the mop material is twisted around the mop handle forthe operation of wringing.

It is the object of the present invention to provide inop of this type which permits an instant exchange of the mop material by novel means of its attachment to the mop frame.

lt is another object of the invention to construct the mop cloth in such a manner that 1li it is better able to withstand the wear and tear of the wringing operation.

lith these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts which will 20 become clearer as the description progresses and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a material part of these specifications and in which: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my wringer mop when ready for use.

F ig. 2 is a similar perspective view showing Y the mop during the wringing operation.

Fig. 3 is a perspective` view of the mop material when separate from the frame.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view illustrating the manner of making the mop cloth.

Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view illus-` trating the completedreinforcement of the mop cloth.

Fig. 6 is a detail elevation showing the manner of attaching the mop cloth to the yoke at the lower end of the mop handle.

Fig. 7 shows the slidable mop sleeve and yoke in place on the mop handle.

Fig. 8 is a detail elevation of the mop sleeve partly in section to show the attachnient of upper yoke to the mop sleeve.

Referring to the drawings, 11 represents a inop handle to which is, attached at its lower end a yoke 12, preferably bent from a metallic rod. This yoke has a stem 12a (see Fig. 6) lodged in an axial aperture of handle 11 into which it is tightly driven. Outside of the mop handle the rod is bent to extend perpendicula'rly to the stem 12a, forming the leg 1217) which extends a limited distance hori-y zontally away fromthe handle 11. At 120 the direction of the rod is reversed forming bar. 12d parallel to 12b and spaced therefrom. The ybar 12d extends symmetrically equal distances to either side of stem 12a and its direction is reversed at12c similarly to the bend at 12o so that the short portion 127c is 15b-0-cZ-e.-f' corresponding to 12a-bc-cZ-cf respectively. .Stem 15a is lodged in a vertical groovellla on the outsideof sleeve 14 (see'llig. 8). The uppermost end 15g of bar 15 is bent perpendicularly towards the axis of mop handle 11 and occupies a transverse aperture 14:6 of sleeve 14. At the lower face of sleeve 14 bar 15 is bent angularly outward so that the plane of the loop portion forms an angle with the handle 11.

A plurality of annular recesses 16 are formed in the surface of sleeve 14; near the upper and lower ends of stem 15a. These recesses are occupied by strong wire rings 17 which press against stem 15a and lock it in groove 14a.

The mop cloth which I preferably use with the above described frame consists of mop cords 20 which are wound lying parallel to each other into an endless loop which when laid fiat upon any surface provides two layers of mop material each of which is separately sewed transversely to unite the cords 20. At the opposite ends of the loop a strip of reinforcing fabric 22 is placed under the cords as shown in Fig. e. The ends of these reinforcing strips which extend beyond the mop material are then looped around the same as shown in Fig. 5 and sewed to the mop material at 28 and both layers of mop cords sewed to each other to form a transverse passageor sheath 24 at both ends of the mop man lnstrated in Figs. l and 6.

terial. These passages are threaded over the lends 12e and 15e of the yokes'12 and lfas illustrated in Fig. 6 passing a single layer of Vmop material through the openingbetween 12; and 12a or 15]c and 15a into theinterior of the yoke loops t .assume the position il- A partiularadvantage ,0f themv isili@ fanny prende@ ,fa-1; gagging@ je mep cloth Without opening any fastening deyices Y or tying means. YThe reinforcement 4otthe handle,- a metallicv yoke carried by said'slee've comprisingfa loop portion. 'and a stein there-f sheath portions 24 'and their rictioii against bars 12d and 15d holdsltheee Pertoes, alsa Y during the wringing operation, stretched aiong these bars as shownA in F ig. 2. The manner in'Which the sleeve 'llli is constructed is of particular advantage for wringing. the mop as it hasvbeen found that sleeves of me-y talliov tubing by reason 'of their ysmall diameter do not' afford sufficient leverage and easily slip in .thehand of the operator particularly. WhenVY Wet.A

Having thus 4'de'serileed my invention what f I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is; ,e l `In a mop a handle, asleeve of fibrous material slidably and rotatably mounted on said handle V*and `provided iiv'th a longitudinal groove on its outside, .mop `4material havin-g 'oneend attachedto; the lot'ver'en'd ofl said onxeiltending rlongitudi'nally offsaid sleeve Within the groove thereof and holding-means ixing Vsaidsteni' to 'said-'sleeve -'a'gainst 'longitudinaland rotary motion.

i` Signed .atv Brooklyn, 1n :county HARRY 'RTZBERG. 

